Try double backslash escaping the second #-sign:
$("#\\#SAM1").text("hello");
On Feb 10, 7:36 am, Shredder36 <shredde...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How do I find an element who's id starts with #?
>
> For example: <textarea id="#SAM1"></textarea>
>
> the following does not seem to work
>
> $("##SAM1").text("hello");
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. thank you,
>
> Sam
